Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-11-16
NEWS IN BRIEF.

! needle is the only suitable thing
a b,u +o Oh %stitute a nickel for a
bronze coinage has been introduces LI ~
into the French Legis. awe On'II0e
An Illinois tramp tol- a IarIneLs ei,.t ;
wife she ought to feed him be, aus tI 80 NJ
4 ''might be entertaining an ang, -,
wares,n AS this argument had
effect lie went out and set fire to the
barn.
A Maine widoweT gave a maa ten
dollars to pay for lights and fuel
while the widower was counting the
mans daughter. She refused to marry
| him, and he is trying to recover the
| ten dollars.
An English lockmaker claims to
| have perfected a door, 10 be used in
| public buildings, that VIII lessen the
| chances OF accident in time Of panic or
real danger. II can be opened from
/ the outside only by key, but q slight
| pressure from within causes it to
swing open outward.
Toronto, Canada, has been aroused
! by tile quantity OF water which her
| residents waste, and has taken steps To
provide remedy. Inspectors have
been appointed, who go about ''sPot-
/ tlug;' and when, after a warning, no
| Improvement is made, water meters
are attached to the pipes.
"A turtle was recently Matched out
in the parlOr of Jersey City woman
! from an egg which she brought home
| last summer as "A souvenir Of a trip.
At the time the egg was placed In "A
card receiver where it renamed all
during the process Of Matching, which
latter is attributed 10 the heat of the
! room
A singular advertise nent appeared
recently calling for 100000 live fleas,
TO he delivered in 5000 lots. at a GER
| tain address. The advertiser proved
to be a flea trainer, who revealed the
fact that only one flea in a thousand
can be taught anything, and then It
takes three months 10 tram them. The
average lifetime OF the insect IS one
year, hence the great demand.
A jar containing two hands pre-
served IN alcohol caused considerable
excitement in a st. Louis saloon re-
Gently. The baTkeeper says that about
four weeks ago a young man, well
dressed. entered the saloon and asked
permission 10 leave a paper package
until next day. When no one came
for IT the baTkecper uudid the paper
and found The piCEled hands. a patrol
wagon removed the jar to the murgue.
ment OF Silver Crown are enthusiastic
over the character of ore that Las been
taken out Of the Louise mines during
the past week. The last twenty tons
are OF such character as TO eau. al to
gain renewed faith IN the immense
richness Of the camp, and all are salts
fed that the ore now being taken out
is equal TO any found in the world.
"A ghastly object of interest i'm
Florence, Italy, is a table composed of
human muscles and YIscera. 10 was
made by an Italian who devoted sew
eral years Of his life TO its manufacture,
employing material obtained from a
hundred human bodies secured from
hospitals. The bodies were iHdurated
with mineral salts, and as they exist
IN the table are IN "a petrlleI state.
having the appearance of yarIyg lted
marble.
a farmer and his son have had "A
most unpleasant series Of adventures
at Whit, Texas. First the father fell
into an abandoned well and then the
son came tumbling after. The well
was sixty feet deep and there was am
ugly mOCcOsin snake at the bottom.
To make matters worse, 1t began to
rain, the water rose III the well and tie
earth CaVCd in around them They
passed twenty hours in this plight, ana
were finally rescued by pa5sers-by who
heard their cries.
In treating a negro IN Leipsic for
an liberated affection it was found
necessary to replace portions of the
skin with pieces taken from one or two
white persons. These latter pieces
gradually grew darker in color and
finally as black as the PATIENTS own
skin. This singular fact led 10 an eK-
pertinent being made of tTanspOsiug
portions Of black skin on a white pa
tient, and it was found that after a few
weeks those began TO grow pale. In
less than fourteen weeks they had, in
fact, grown SO white as not to Ue dis
tinguishable from the patients natural
skin.
! There is a mau Of Indian descent
named Pickett Nelson, living III Z 5sex
county, Virginia, who is veritable
giant, being over Z feet IN height, and
weighing $40 pounds. Ills outstretched
arms measure seven feet four inches
from the finger tips; from his wrist to
the end of his middle finger Is twelve
, inches. His foot is fourteen and a half
I inches long aud he wears a No. Is
shoe, his lasts being necessarily h3nI-
made. He cal easily lift 500 pounds,
ia about p years Old, is quiet and even
? diiident IN manner, and works lu
, sdw-mill at Essex.
: An American gentleman who has
/ recently Travelled through Japan, says
! that the japanese VIII IN few years
, be the greatest railroad builders of the
2 world. As yet there are only 81
miles of railroad iu Japan, hut many
l roads are projected. The japanese are
e good railroad patrons; Tor even when
[ they have no business To- transact they
2 viii ride back d1j forth on the rail-
T road until they have spent their last
3. cent. And the beggars IN the large
Y towns nearly always spend the money
: which they get on railroad trip.
In letter from Clbul Mr. J. :.
{ Pynes, an EDglishman, who has been
Z looking after the Construction Of the
Amir's workshops, writes: "A bdUr
? Rahman is q man whose word must
}, not he disputed. l saw a curious piece
q Of architecture here the other day, a
: ghastly triumphal arch made 10y arti-
s sans of the place with the heads of 2yO
D prisoners taken In the rebellion. You
Q cant imagine the horror of the sight.
3 Recently / was riding through the ba-
zaaT, and came across the head,
mounted on pole, OF TalmUr
SHAH
: "A married lady who has been
Il troubled for many months with "A pecu-
liar sensation in the region of the
u stomach, was given an emetic by Dr. Par
Il ker recently, and to her astOnishment
threw up fish about four and a half
d Inches in length. The fish had evil
a IDENTIFY been dead but a few hours.
l. The lady felt instant relief after rid
~ ding herself Of the troublesome tenant.
# II is supposed she swallowed the fish
= when 1t was very small while drinking
water, and it grew to its present size
in her stomach. The doctor had the
- lsh preserved IN alcohol. Ii has not
. set been decided whether it belongs
= TO the trout, club, or sucker family. 3"